Jazz Studies Books

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Soundworks: Race, Sound, and Poetry in Production (Refiguring American Music) Soundworks: Race, Sound, and Poetry in Production (Refiguring American Music)
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avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
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Grant Green: Rediscovering the Forgotten Genius of Jazz Guitar Grant Green: Rediscovering the Forgotten Genius of Jazz Guitar (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.42 — 67 ratings — published 2002
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West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960 West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 113 ratings — published 1992
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Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits (ebook)
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avg rating 4.16 — 32 ratings — published 2011
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Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies (Refiguring American Music) Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies (Refiguring American Music)
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avg rating 3.80 — 15 ratings — published 2008
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Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album (Jazz Perspectives) Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album (Jazz Perspectives)
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avg rating 3.69 — 13 ratings — published 2005
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Dave Brubeck's Time Out (Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz) Dave Brubeck's Time Out (Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz)
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avg rating 4.00 — 10 ratings — published
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A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 127 ratings — published 2016
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Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews (Expanded Edition) Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews (Expanded Edition)
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avg rating 4.45 — 266 ratings — published 1977
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Milestones: The Music And Times Of Miles Davis Milestones: The Music And Times Of Miles Davis (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 96 ratings — published 1983
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Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series) Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series)
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avg rating 4.27 — 243 ratings — published 1994
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You Just Fight for Your Life: The Story of Lester Young You Just Fight for Your Life: The Story of Lester Young (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 12 ratings — published 1990
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Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 117 ratings — published 1996
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A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 220 ratings — published 2007
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If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 210 ratings — published 2001
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Duke Ellington's America Duke Ellington's America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 54 ratings — published 2010
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Jazz Among the Discourses Jazz Among the Discourses (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 12 ratings — published 1995
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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 111 ratings — published 2014
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Louis Armstrong's New Orleans Louis Armstrong's New Orleans (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 153 ratings — published 2006
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Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 17 ratings — published 2015
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The Birth Of Bebop: A Social And Musical History The Birth Of Bebop: A Social And Musical History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 109 ratings — published 1997
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What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics and Activists What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics and Activists (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 41 ratings — published 2002
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Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 740 ratings — published 1996
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Swing Shift: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s Swing Shift: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 47 ratings — published 2000
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What to Listen For in Jazz What to Listen For in Jazz (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 21 ratings — published 1995
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People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz Is Now! (Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice) People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz Is Now! (Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice)
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avg rating 3.18 — 11 ratings — published 2013
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Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call out to Jazz and Africa Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call out to Jazz and Africa (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 37 ratings — published 2007
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 2,539 ratings — published 2009
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The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945 (History of Jazz) The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945 (History of Jazz)
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avg rating 4.24 — 74 ratings — published 1989
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Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The ^AHistory of Jazz) Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The ^AHistory of Jazz)
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avg rating 4.09 — 103 ratings — published 1968
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Freedom Is, Freedom Ain’t: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties Freedom Is, Freedom Ain’t: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 30 ratings — published 2003
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,723 ratings — published 1998
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Jazz Jazz (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 295 ratings — published 2009
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